No laughs from Ford in comedy ambush
“Don’t come to my house. I just hope someone else doesn’t do that again, because I just don’t want anything else serious to happen.” Mayor Rob Ford, on being accosted by cbc character marg delahunty, pictured
Mayor Rob Ford called 911 after being accosted outside his Etobicoke home around 8 a.m. yesterday, as he was leaving for a council meeting at City Hall.
The attackers turned out to be from the CBC comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which specializes in catching politicians unaware.
According to a neighbour, a woman brandishing a microphone jumped out of a dark blue Jeep and ran yelling toward Ford’s driveway with a cameraman in tow.
The woman was 22 Minutes alumna Mary Walsh, in character as her alter ego Marg Delahunty and dressed as the outlandishly attired Marg, Warrior Princess, CBC spokesperson Chris Ball confirmed.
Ford was furious at the ambush. saying he had no idea who was coming at him, and that he heard the woman yelling, “We’ve got you Rob Ford, we got you.” He retreated into his house and called 911.
The attackers turned out to be from the CBC comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which specializes in catching politicians unaware.
According to a neighbour, a woman brandishing a microphone jumped out of a dark blue Jeep and ran yelling toward Ford’s driveway with a cameraman in tow.
The woman was 22 Minutes alumna Mary Walsh, in character as her alter ego Marg Delahunty and dressed as the outlandishly attired Marg, Warrior Princess, CBC spokesperson Chris Ball confirmed.
Ford was furious at the ambush. saying he had no idea who was coming at him, and that he heard the woman yelling, “We’ve got you Rob Ford, we got you.” He retreated into his house and called 911.
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